Dr.
Jan Albert Bakker

Dr. Jan Albert Bakker (1935), is a former senior lecturer in Prehistoric Archaeology of Northwestern Europe at the University of Amsterdam, at the former Institute for Prae- and Protohistory (IPP), which is now part of the Amsterdam Archaeological Centre (AAC).

Bakker is one of the leading (international) authorities in the field of Neolithic archaeology with a special focus on the Funnelbeaker Culture or TRB. In particular the hunebeds, or megalithic tombs, have been one of his main focus points. Although Bakker is now retired he still regularly publishes books and papers on the subject.